The Pacific hagfish is a jawless, eel-like fish that lives on or near the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean, from shallow water down into the deep sea. It has a body plan that has changed little since early in fish evolution, with no jaws, no paired fins, and a skull made of cartilage rather than a true backbone. When threatened or grabbed by a predator, it can release enormous quantities of thick slime from glands along its body, clogging the attacker's gills and often allowing the hagfish to escape.
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Myxini, Taxa Source Pacific Hagfish (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Pacific Hagfish
In Ecosystem
Source Wikipedia: Pacific Hagfish
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Eptatretus stoutii
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Eptatretus stoutii
Primary Diet carnivore carnivore
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. FishBase: FishBase species summary: Eptatretus stoutii
FishBaseHuman uses: aquariumQuote, Human uses: aquarium
aquarium: public aquariums
View the Source 4. Pacific Hagfish (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, conservation status (P141)
Wikidata Q683492: data deficient (P141).
- Child Taxon Of: Myxini, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 5. NatureServe Explorer: Eptatretus stoutii
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
View the Source 6. Wikipedia: Pacific Hagfish
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q683492 (P225 taxon name)
Infobox: status
DD
In Biome: Abyssal Zone, Habitat
It lives in the mesopelagic to abyssal Pacific Ocean, near the ocean floor.
In Ecosystem: Deep Sea, Lead
It lives in the mesopelagic to abyssal Pacific Ocean, near the ocean floor.
View the Source Wikidata: Pacific Hagfish
Wikidata Q683492, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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